The
Original DJIA Dozen

July
03, 1884, Dow Jones
publishes its first average of U.S. stocks, consisting of three industrial companies and
nine railroads,
in
the
Customer's Afternoon Letter, forerunner of The Wall
Street
Journal.
May
26, 1896 Dow Jones
publishes its first "Industrial" average
(DJIA)
consisting of 12 stocks.

COMPANY

WHAT
BECAME OF IT

American
Cotton Oil Company

Distant
ancestor of
CPC International, Best Foods, now part of Unilever

American
Sugar

Evolved
into Amstar
Holdings
now Domino Foods, Inc.

American
Tobacco

Broken
up in 1911
antitrust action

Chicago
Gas Company

Absorbed
by Peoples
Gas,
1897
now a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, Inc.